mr_anders_son wrote:

Michael...search Beolab 50 on Tradera and you will find a pair for 189’ sek BeoVision Eclipse 55"...BeoLab 5 FRONT....BeoLab 4000 as REAR....BV5 HD....Beoplay V1-40....BV10-32....BC6-26....Beosound 9000....Beosound 1 New York edt....Beosound Stage....Beoplay S3....BeoRemote One BT....Beo6....Beo4....Beo4 Cinema....BeoLink 7000....Serene....H9i Rimowa....6 x H6....Form 1....U70...

My local shop offered me 25% off on a demo unit they just took out of the box und just fired up the first time but I decided to keep my BL5 and put the money on a Harmony :-)

I guess the BL50 is one of the items on the current line up from B&O with the biggest price drop form the suggested list price in a short time, or on other words, the MSRP does not reflect the value the market is willing to pay. I think B&O stretched it a little bit to far for this (with no doubt) excellent speaker 

For what’s it worth. I bought a set if Beolab 5 a few years ago. The Beolab 90 was released and the Beolab 50 was about to be released. I very happy with the BL 5. Would make the same choice again. Sounds great still. The pyramid shape makes their footprint smaller in the room. I would happily buy a second set if needed in the future. I payed more for mine a few years ago for a late manufactured pair in as new condition knowing that I could probably wait and buy a set cheeper later. Still think it was worth it. If they need to be repaired in the future. I just repair them. I will keep them forever. 

Just imagine if you would put up to date tech in the BL5! This is such an iconic design the BL50 (sorry to say) does not come close. the 90's are an other story of their own, again iconic design.

I am considering to give this little unit a try to see how much the sound could be improved

https://www.minidsp.com/products/dirac-series/ddrc-24

The BL5 was iconic, but if you grab the midrange platter you feel that it vibrates while playing at moderately loud volumes!  Although vibration is at a lower level than the main signal, it still cannot be good.  Other points on the container vibrate too, which resonance I believe accounts for people's perception of the bass being "heavy".  I feel "sloppy" would be a better adjective for what is in essence multiple ringing.  I don't believe modern tech such as the MiniDSP DDRC-24 can correct a BL5 to give you a BL50.  Agreed the BL50 does not look nearly as cool, but truly it sounds *much* much better!  That said,...

The DDRC-24 works as advertised, and I tried one on a BeoSystem 6500 Preamp In/Out connector, replacing the shorting plug.  It wasn't for BL5's, rather some soffit-mounted traditional speakers.  Alas, I did not like the automatic results from the Dirac Live software.  I could not prevent it from adjusting the impulse response as well as frequency response, which result made it sound "far away".  I wanted it only to fix room modes and one uneven frequency response -- but the adjustments were apparently a package deal.  Admittedly it was a horrible speaker location, and my characterization of "far away" might be from some frequency limitation and not strictly from impulse response correction -- nevertheless it sounded better *without* the DDRC-24!  Might have been user (microphone operator) error, and the new 2019 version of Dirac's software may have improved their algorithms.  

Despite my failure, because the DDRC-24 is so inexpensive, by comparison even to used BL5's, I *definitely recommend* buying one and see if you like the results!  Buy the $5 optional remote, so you can switch the correction on/off from your listening position.  Also drag out a second target response curve, somewhere closer to what is measured than the "perfect" suggested curve, and flip back and forth with the remote.  Finally, be prepared to spend more time than my one-shot, to ensure actual improvement and not merely different.

great insides! thank you for sharing your experience. I guess I will give the little box a try.

Michael wrote:

I actually saw that ad on Blocket. I contacted the seller a few weeks ago and he said he didn’t believe I could afford them and then seemingly didn’t want to sell to me. Very odd to say the very least.

Esax wrote:

Du vet vad det handlar om. Så varför snålbjuda? Beovision 7-55 MK1 red, Beolab 10 red. Beolab 50, all black. Beolab 17 broken ice. Beolab transmitter. Apple tv4 and apple express 2.

I have a pair of boxed and unused "Final Edition" models (sold to dealer in 2017) with the polished discs for sale if you're looking for something a little special...

There are also plenty of standard pairs for sale by UK dealers and resellers at the moment, so you could get a bargain?

Lee

🙂